Sadly, many of these people have died, so I may have to wait for the afterlife to meet them.
This is a very eclectic group, which I guess honoring them here reflects my
own oddity. They are predominantly people that are completely unknown
outside of their fields of endeavor.
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Albert Jay Nock
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One of the "fathers" of "classical liberalism" (libertarianism),
which is the political philosophy I embrace (and I think God
does as well). Not an anarchist and not a socialist.
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Joseph Smith, Jr.
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Very endurant man and the founder of
The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-Day Saints and "Mormonism". He is the prophet
who God worked through to restore the authentic gospel of Jesus Christ and Church
to the earth!
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Gary Kildall
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A guy who knew how to be proportionate in life and business,
who never took himself too seriously, and was the creator
of the computer operating system CP/M and a co-founder of
(Intergalactic) Digital Research, Inc.
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Chuck Moore
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The creator of the Forth programming language and hardware
designed upon the same lines. Accused of being clinically
insane and is very particular about where he lives.
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Jeff Hawkins
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This is the guy predominately behind the wonderful Palm Pilots, though he has done much more.
Both a philosopher and a technologist, his
Zen of Palm is a must-read.
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Paul Erdos
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The wandering mathmatician that collaborated with everyone.
Homeless yet had a home everywhere and often talked in his
own language.
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Bob Pease
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One of the most brilliant analogue circuit engineers ever.
Avid Nepal hiker.
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Jon Postel
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A pioneer of the Internet, "the" editor of many Internet
standards and Requests for Comment, and "the" Internet
Assigned Numbers Authority. A benevolent (non)dictator in the
grain of God.
- RFC 793
- "Transmission Control Protocol - Section 2.10 Robustness Principle
- RFC 2468
- "I Remember IANA" by Vint Cerf
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